This rapid gender analysis (RGA) explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender equality and food security in the Arab region, focusing on Iraq and the Sudan as case studies. This RGA is a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and CARE International (CARE), which share a commitment to promoting gender equality and social inclusion as an integral part of their programmatic work.

The initiative brought together technical experts in food security, nutrition and livelihoods across the agencies involved. It also brought together gender specialists to explore, develop and test tools, methods and approaches. The findings and successes of this initiative were intended to strengthen the relationship between gender and food security actors regionally, and in particular within Iraq and the Sudan, thus increasing the availability and transparency of gender analysis in the sphere of food security